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Rank 40 out of 54 Summarized in this category Rankings based on: • Pros-to-cons ratio • Number of reviews • Category average

AMD

Ryzen 7 9700X

Name: Ryzen 7 9700X
Brand: AMD

around $399

All prices are estimates and may vary from actual prices.

189 Pros

59%
17 reviews (3h 57m)

130 Cons

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X offers a compelling blend of performance and efficiency for gamers and content creators. With 8 cores and 16 threads, this CPU boasts a base clock of 3.8 GHz, boosting up to an impressive 5.5 GHz, delivering smooth gameplay and fast rendering times. Its remarkably low 65W TDP translates to cooler and quieter operation, even u...

Summary of pros and cons from human reviewers, put together by AI

44%

41 vs 53

Performance

36%

16 vs 29

Value for Money

57%

13 vs 10

Compatibility

72%

21 vs 8

Cooling Requirements

72%

34 vs 13

Power Consumption

Reviewer verdict

Across 17 YouTube reviews, the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X earns an Index score of 3.4/5, ranking #40 among CPUs. Reviewers most often praise its performance, power consumption, other, while the most common criticisms concern performance, value for money.

Reviewers commonly praise the Ryzen 7 9700X for its solid performance uplift over prior Zen 4 parts, with many noting consistent multi‑core and productivity gains (numerous mentions of ~5–10% gen‑on‑gen improvements and larger AVX‑512 gains in certain workloads). A widely cited strength is its strong power efficiency and low power draw — reviewers repeatedly report much lower socket and multicore wattage versus the 7700X and comfortable 65 W TDP behavior. Multiple reviewers also highlight excellent thermals and easy cooling (lower temperatures, improved heatspreader), good gaming and productivity balance, and generally positive value positioning in the mid‑range Zen 5 lineup across the 17 reviews.

Criticisms center on relatively modest gaming gains versus existing 7000‑series CPUs and the 7800X3D, with many reviewers calling the uplift incremental or underwhelming and sometimes showing single‑digit or negligible improvements versus the 7700X. Several reviewers also questioned value for money given the price positioning and the strong competition from 3D‑cache parts, while others flagged inconsistent or limited real‑world gains (game regressions in some titles) and occasional power or thermal behavior that conflicts with the advertised 65 W TDP in specific tests. A smaller but recurring set of complaints mention finicky compatibility, immature BIOS/overclocking behavior, and loss of the boxed cooler compared with non‑X parts.

Analysis based on 17 YouTube reviews (3h 57m of video) with 189 pros and 130 cons extracted.

Pros (189)

Performance (41)

the 9700 X increased in performance by staggering 1% or 2 frames per second ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 12:27
1440p maximum settings without any ray tracing or scaling and the reflections in the game look incredible without any ray tracing ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 11:40
Corona is another example where the 7700x has no advantage to enabling PBO while the 9700x due to its lower power limit and therefore lower temperatures sees a healthy 6% decrease in render time from its default settings ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 5:51
cine bench and again we see a decent uplifting performance but only in multi-core performance where the 9700x manages to push out a 10% better score compared to its non-pb result ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 6:42
geekbench again we do see an uplift of 9% in our multi-threaded score on the 9700x ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 7:15
cyberpunk we did see another 5% increase over the autop PBO result on the 9700x which now puts it 7% ahead of the stock 9700x result so some gains to be ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 13:42
latest and greatest offering from AMD and Gigabyte, a gaming OC variant of the 9070 XT ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 1:43
The AMD “Zen 5” architecture boasts substantial improvements to energy efficiency, performance, and AVX-512 / VNNI computational capabilities for machine learning and AI workloads. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 0:28
It's fast. It's powerful ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 0:06
1,850 points in Puget benchmarks, 20% faster than other pre-builts in this price range ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 1:32
tends to beat the 7700x well most of the time ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 6:01
similar performance to that of the 5800 x3d ▶ "AMD Zen 5 Performance Improvement Update" Ryzen 7 9700X: 24 @ 4:47
zen5 has improved since release ▶ "AMD Zen 5 Performance Improvement Update" Ryzen 7 9700X: 24 @ 9:47
Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p Ultra Plus rate tracing averaged 88 FPS ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 1:55
increase generation on generation When comparing one CPU to the other was 10.5% on average while also using obviously as I mentioned before quite a lot less power creating a lot less heat uh and obviously able to accept uh probably a lower PSU and a lower cooler should the end user uh want to choose that ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 7:44
a jump up over the 7700x ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 1:41
get yourself approximately up to 10% more faster ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 1:08
with Ray tracing enabled it shows a slightly different pattern with the 97 100x PBO versus non PBO as it comes in with an identical average of 88 FPS with the only difference coming by way of a single FPS change in the 1% low so again identical ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 8:26
certain workloads especially things with like AVX 512 and and certain forward-looking changes I think this is kind of nice ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 16:18
averaging out at stock performance of a 10% Improvement ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 16:33
performance optimizations built into windows so this is something that hard inbox talked heavily about on Twitter and did several videos about how apparently Windows has been gimping the performance up to 10% for ryzen processors kind of across the board ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 2:57
comparable performance to the 5800 X 3D ▶ "AMD Zen 5 Performance Improvement Update" Ryzen 7 9700X: 24 @ 6:41
really good Improvement generation on generation ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 16:26
a little bit faster thanks to those windows optimizations ▶ "AMD Zen 5 Performance Improvement Update" Ryzen 7 9700X: 24 @ 9:53
the extra boost clock frequency for the 9700 X helps it perform better than the 7800 x3d in professional workloads such as blender ▶ Should You Buy a Ryzen 7 9700X or 7800X3D? @ 16:59
Rendering a 3D model took 25% less time compared to older rig with a Ryzen 5 ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 2:59
isn't like a like a non-existent generational uplift... there is an improvement there ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 2:12
performance optimizations built into windows ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 2:51
it's nice to see these types of improvements coming out later on especially with how well adopted 7,000 series processors have been as well um because of the fact that we know that these are very desirable CPUs they're very strong and for users years later to still be seeing performance uplifts through improvements it's nice to see ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 8:05
mid-range Zen 5 CPU with excellent efficiency and great gaming and productivity performance ▶ The Best Motherboards for the Ryzen 7 9700X For 2025! [TOP 3 @ 0:08
it is able to rival the performance of the 7800 X 3D ▶ Should You Buy a Ryzen 7 9700X or 7800X3D? @ 12:01
32 GB Ram is great for multitasking ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 2:56
a little bit ahead of the 7700x ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 1:11
core to core latency optimizations and this is something that could be big as well for 9000 Series uh 9900x 950x and 7900 x 7900x 3D 7950 X and 7950 X 3D multiple CCD CPUs ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 6:10
The 9700 X is able to more closely match the 5800 X 3D thanks to that larger L1 cache making it around 20% faster than the Zen 4 models without 3dv cache ▶ "AMD Zen 5 Performance Improvement Update" Ryzen 7 9700X: 24 @ 6:01
more closer to a 15% Improvement generation on generation ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 16:46
if you give it a lot of workloads that use AVX 512 you know the performance boost there can be massive obviously 30% 40% I've seen ▶ AMD Ryzen 9600X/9700X - Zen 5 Reviews Controversy! @ 5:19
ocuk blender render test took 1 hour 54 minutes on the 9700x which was a 25% Improvement on the previous gen ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 6:26
Ryzen 7's 8 cores ensure background apps don't steal frames ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 2:41
massive 28% Improvement ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 7:41
it is actually more ahead of the 7700x than I thought it was going to be ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 0:56

Power Consumption (34)

performance increase of 26% over the 7700x while also consuming less power in Valorant ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 7:35
consumes about 30 to 40% less power in multicore compared to 7700x ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 8:01
much more efficient and consumes about 26% less power than the 7700x in hwbot x265 benchmark ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 5:03
The CPU's power consumption at idle is low, at about the same level as the 7600x. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 7:52
consumes about 9 Watt less than the 7700x while being about 2% faster in Assassin's Creed Mirage ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 5:57
about 20 watt less under load in Cyberpunk 2077 ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 7:08
in heavy multi-thread applications, like Cinebench, where its power consumption is notably lower than that of the 7600x. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 8:21
at optimized defaults it matches within a small percentage to the 7700x but uses less power ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 2:24
9700x is a much lower power part ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 4:50
incredibly efficient when you consider the 7700x needs a whole 50 WT yes 50 WTS more ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 3:29
It's not the most power hungry processor on the market either, running at a stated TDP of just 65 W. ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 1:36
With these new processors, AMD aims for less power usage, lower thermal loads, and quieter operation since the cooling systems will be less stressed compared to previous generation CPUs. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 2:04
amd's ryzen 79700 X shines an efficiency ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 10:35
3 to 4% performance increase over the 7700x while consuming slightly less power in Counter-Strike 2 ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 7:50
ryzen 79700 X pulled a mere 88 Watts through the EPS 12volt cables ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 4:16
don't hate moving to 65 Watts as our Baseline cuz I think that made a lot more sense with the previous generation as well and I think trying to get these these CPUs uh down to to to the peak of their efficiency curve makes a lot of sense ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 16:15
TDP of 65 Watts ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 0:13
in auto mode this chip sips just 88 Watts while running at 4.7 GHz ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 6:46
architectural improvements that have made everything a lot more power efficient ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 3:41
maybe you can get away with a slight lesser PSU to run the overall system ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 5:27
65 watt TDP versus 105 watt TDP on the 7700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 3:34
lower energy bills ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 5:20
AMD is basically saying okay fine forget the efficiency increases that we've made to the CPU if you were just like I want power I want all the the clocks and boosts available to it you can turn off the 65 watt mode turn on 105 watt mode ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 0:50
this I think this is a good thing I think the warrantied 105 mode is huge give users the option ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 10:03
decrease in power consumption by 40% in cinebench, dropped from 145 watt to 88 Watt on average ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 3:59
65 wat TDP ▶ The Best Motherboards for the Ryzen 7 9700X For 2025! [TOP 3 @ 0:21
power draw increase isn't crazy ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 6:54
only drawing a maximum of 88 Watts which I thought was a very very low and very very good result ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 4:05
TDP is 65 watts and often consuming like 80 watts and Intense or clubs is quite impressive ▶ AMD Ryzen 9600X/9700X - Zen 5 Reviews Controversy! @ 5:45
when it's underload you're looking at about 88 watts of socket power ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 0:23
you're looking at almost the same performance but with way less power draw on heat ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 1:23
consuming a lot less power sometimes like 40% less power ▶ AMD Ryzen 9600X/9700X - Zen 5 Reviews Controversy! @ 5:41
this ryzen 7 is rocking the same 65 wat TDP as the ryzen 5 ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 0:15
most exciting aspect of Zen 5 is power consumption and efficiency ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 3:56

Other (31)

Tiny Tina's wonderlands 488 frames per second ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 5:27
these numbers are around 35% better than the ryzen 7 5,000 processors which is quite decent ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X AliExpress Edition Review: is it a scam? ( @ 2:04
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 426 frams per second ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 5:20
In Forza Horizon 5 we had 337 frames per second ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 5:20
Shadow the Tomb Raider 301 frames per second ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 5:27
sips back power even less than the 7700x ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 2:17
might draw almost 90 Watts but that's still a lot less than what other CPUs require ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 2:39
we get a 10% bump in multicore resulting in 1,289 points and the all core boost frequency went from 4.65 GHz to to 5.15 GHz this is really not bad for a free upgrade ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X AliExpress Edition Review: is it a scam? ( @ 2:52
great mid-range processor for gaming and CPU intensive tasks especially compared to the ryzen 75700 de which is the budget am4 Choice there is a healthy performance increase ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X AliExpress Edition Review: is it a scam? ( @ 6:52
leads to very very good temperatures even in a closed case environment with a $30 air cooler ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 2:46
outperform the X3D in certain game cases ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 7:54
sells for $439 Canadian dollar whereas in the states it seems to be selling for $28 89 USD ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X AliExpress Edition Review: is it a scam? ( @ 0:21
managed to dodge the inflation bullet and is priced even lower than the 3800x and 7 700x ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 0:54
pushing performance per watt alive and well ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 2:14
AMD support of the AM5 platform to 2027 and beyond ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 10:50
9700x does have a hidden feature up its sleeve the 9700 X has a 65 wat TDP by default but motherboard manufacturers recently added 105 wat TDP option ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X AliExpress Edition Review: is it a scam? ( @ 2:11
essentially hits the same overall clock speeds as the 7700 X ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 3:06
thrive in a small form factor build ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 11:11
I made the order on March 16th and it arrived on March 25th ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X AliExpress Edition Review: is it a scam? ( @ 0:34
CPU doesn't break past 70° C which is really good ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X AliExpress Edition Review: is it a scam? ( @ 1:22
getting a 9700 de from AliExpress doesn't seem like a bad idea at all depending on whatever promotion AliExpress is running you might end up saving a lot of money ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X AliExpress Edition Review: is it a scam? ( @ 6:41
idle temperatures at 39° C ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 4:27
motherboard correctly recognized the processor as a 9700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X AliExpress Edition Review: is it a scam? ( @ 0:50
MSRP of $359.99, which is actually $40 less than the launch price of the Ryzen 7 7700X 2 years ago. ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 1:14
remarkably cool ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 4:20
gaming temperatures 55° ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 4:34
still runs below 90 Watts ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 3:25
CPU low temperatures 54° ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 4:34
average wattage of the 9700X it's not even close to its competitors under full CPU and while gaming ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 2:19
In cyberpunk 2077 we saw an average of 220 frames per second ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 5:15
In gaming this thing is an absolute monster. ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 5:14

Cooling Requirements (21)

peak temperatures of 60 degrees for the GPU sensor, 86 degrees on the memory sensor, and 82° hotspot ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 13:06
The max operating temperature is set at 95°C, but as you can see in the graph above, I was way below that with a good air cooler. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 8:50
What is vastly improved is the operating temperatures because of the updated heatspreader and the lower thermal resistance between the die and the IHS. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 13:42
with any decent cooler, you will have this CPU running cool. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 14:22
Ryzen 7 9700X CPU package power usage peaked at around 88 watts with temperatures hitting just 63° and clock speeds averaging 4.5 GHz after their initial boosts to 5.5 GHz ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 12:44
The improved heat spreader and the lower thermal resistance between it and the CPU’s die led to these excellent results. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 9:01
more efficient thermal transfer ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 3:05
that efficiency makes the 9700x incredibly easy to cool ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 3:43
changed sensor placement, lower temperatures ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 3:09
Seeing 62C tops during a Blender benchmark session was a nice surprise. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 13:52
love the compact design of the case and it's refreshing to see an air cooler used ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 8:17
about an 8 to 9° C improvement with the 9700x ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 8:01
34% cooler at complete stock ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 4:19
Quiet cooling ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 3:54
ryzen 79700 X showed around 50 to 52° Centigrade under load ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 7:49
May well be very good in more compact builds or even ITX systems and it may also be pretty good with air coolant if indeed the customer wants to keep the build incredibly compact ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 4:36
Liquid cooled CPU keeps temps low (65° C for CPU and 72° C for GPU during a 2-hour Elden ring session) ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 3:41
max temperature I saw at stock was only 60° which again was crazy low ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 4:12
34% Improvement in cooling we saw a less power draw 42% underload with only a maximum of 88 wats uh compared to a maximum on the same load of 125 wats on the 7700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 5:08
with the power efficiency you get improvements in cooler efficiency ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 3:47
really large Improvement of 34% ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 5:01

Value for Money (16)

like how this PC looks and it's been built really well. ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 8:36
really quite like the looks of this build from PC Specialist, the Ziron Nova R. It's understated and everything seems to complement each other really nicely. ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 8:08
can't moan about the quality of the build ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 14:36
one of the nicest looking boards I've had my hands on for a while ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 4:22
cable management has all been done to a very good standard ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 8:21
good-looking desktop that'll look decent on any desk ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 14:47
it did decrease the cost per frame by 2 cents ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 12:33
pleased to see a two terbte drive ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 4:00
decent and it has been built well ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 15:18
a little bit cheaper ▶ "AMD Zen 5 Performance Improvement Update" Ryzen 7 9700X: 24 @ 9:51
offers truly exceptional value ▶ Should You Buy a Ryzen 7 9700X or 7800X3D? @ 18:37
one of the more practical CPUs from the Zen 5 lineup ▶ The Best Motherboards for the Ryzen 7 9700X For 2025! [TOP 3 @ 0:15
Free peripherals ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 4:19
great CPU in terms of affordable gaming and it's also good for Content creation ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 16:18
offering Superior performance in professional workloads all at a much lower price ▶ Should You Buy a Ryzen 7 9700X or 7800X3D? @ 18:31
the 9700x provides a knockout Blow by offering around 10% more value than the 7800 xrd ▶ Should You Buy a Ryzen 7 9700X or 7800X3D? @ 17:53

Compatibility (13)

12 USB ports in total. A decent amount ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 5:24
Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB GPU ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 0:54
New socket longevity commitment: AMD is committed to supporting this socket through 2027+ so that users can buy with confidence in future CPU upgrade support. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 1:50
2 TB Samsung 990 EVO M.2 MVME SSD, a drive that supports both PCIe Gen 4 and 5 ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 3:02
All X870-series boards have USB4 onboard and concurrently support PCIe Gen5 on both the GPU and the SSD, unlike the competition. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 1:12
increased memory performance, increased from 5200 to officially 5600, higher bandwidth, higher memory speed ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 1:46
1 terb nvme SSD ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 1:04
32 GB of ddr5 RAM ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 1:00
802.11 AC Wi-Fi ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 3:30
RJ45 ethernet port ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 3:24
Six USB 3.1 ports ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 3:15
Easy setup ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 4:21
ddr5 8000 Expo is reportedly going to be stable on these motherboards so that's huge ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 8:28

Overclocking Potential (11)

unlocking PBO results in 20-91% faster performance than stock ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 11:04
can be overclocked ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 12:52
the 9700x manages to see a 16% increase in performance with PBO enabled ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 6:24
+18% more performance by unlocking PBO in hwbot x265 ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 11:44
you can crank up the performance significantly while still keeping power consumption in check ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 7:08
overclocking to 5.4 GHz resulted in 24,300 points in cinebench, about 25% more than stock ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 13:48
using ryzen Master to overclock it you can push that speed up to 5.25 GHz ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 6:54
blender actually sees quite a dramatic difference when enabling PBO on the 9700x to the tune of 133% ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 5:16
there is a tiny bit more performance to squeeze out from PB ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 6:49
he was getting like 20% higher performance which is something you can't do with a ryzen uh 7700 100x you won't get a performance boost to that degree ▶ AMD Ryzen 9600X/9700X - Zen 5 Reviews Controversy! @ 6:18
turning PBO on and that seemed to buy him about an extra 20% of performance ▶ AMD Ryzen 9600X/9700X - Zen 5 Reviews Controversy! @ 6:04

Gaming Performance (11)

ryzen 79700 X hits 330 frames per second at 1080p Max outpacing the 5700 x3d by 6% ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 9:00
matches the gaming performance of the 7800 x3d in most games ▶ Should You Buy a Ryzen 7 9700X or 7800X3D? @ 18:26
Fortnite at Epic settings hit 160 FPS ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 2:02
Streaming on Twitch while gaming, performance barely dipped ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 2:50
Call of Duty war zone 1440p extreme settings smooth 110 FPS ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 2:19
Hogwarts Legacy 4K High settings with FSR locked 60fps ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 2:08
the 9700 X is also quite handy in Remnant 2 averaging 126 FPS allowing it to beat the 7700 by 13% and the 7700x by 10% ▶ "AMD Zen 5 Performance Improvement Update" Ryzen 7 9700X: 24 @ 6:22
the 9700 X is an amazing gaming chip ▶ Should You Buy a Ryzen 7 9700X or 7800X3D? @ 12:00
Elden ring maxed out at 1440p stayed at 60fps ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 2:28
single core speeds and stay there longer in games which is a nice thing to see ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 1:55
if you're running Windows 11 and you're on ryzon processor even a 7,000 series processor you're going to want to do these updates because it could be a literal overnight Improvement for latency and an uplift in your 1% lows and your FPS across the board ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 5:17

Core Count & Speed (7)

Major IPC Gain: Across a geomean of 13 workloads common to the desktop market, AMD has measured a +16% geomean improvement in IPC. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 0:42
9700x has an impressive IPC Improvement ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 15:24
AMD ryzen 79700 X CPU ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 0:49
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, an 8 core 16thread chip, which runs at a base clock speed of 3.8 GHz and can boost up to 5.5 GHz ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 1:26
really shines though is in lightly threaded situations where it's comfortably ahead of the 7700x and even manages to LeapFrog the 14700 K ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 5:15
eight cores 16 threads ▶ The Best Motherboards for the Ryzen 7 9700X For 2025! [TOP 3 @ 0:17
frequency of the 9700x remained higher for longer when compared to in any test than the 7700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 6:02

Integrated Graphics (3)

The Ryzen 9000 Series contains a small RDNA 2-based graphics engine ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 3:41
An iGPU can always come in handy. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 5:02
Radan RX 7800 XD handles rate tracing better than expected ▶ iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X @ 2:37

Reliability & Longevity (1)

4 nanometer technology, smaller than the previous 7700x ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 2:30

Cons (130)

Performance (53)

small and insignificant difference in gaming performance compared to 7700x ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 8:19
trail behind multi-core performance ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 6:41
only 0.3% faster than 7700x in cinebench ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 3:46
AMD limited the power of the CPU too much which restricts performance gain ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 9:28
9700 X performs 7% worse and with FSR the difference becomes 12% when rate tracing is enabled the difference becomes smaller since we're not not as CPU bound ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X AliExpress Edition Review: is it a scam? ( @ 4:16
slightly slower than the 7700x in Cyberpunk 2077 ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 6:15
far behind the 7800X 3D in Counter-Strike 2 ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 7:57
a little over 20% slower than the 7800 x3d ▶ "AMD Zen 5 Performance Improvement Update" Ryzen 7 9700X: 24 @ 4:49
7800x 3D is about 7% slower in cinebench ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 4:41
in another dimension when compared to the Intel chip however the 7800 x3d well that's Ultra efficient in gaming ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 2:23
as a drop in replacement this processor doesn't exactly shine ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 1:31
gaming will probably be a huge disappointment for a lot of people ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 5:58
at 1440p there's even a few games where the older processor actually wins ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 6:16
will just be pretty disappointing for a lot of people especially for gamers ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 10:42
If you need a CPU for high compute scenarios you may want to wait ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 8:29
7800 X 3D is not that strong in hwbot x265 ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 5:10
7800X 3D is 16% faster on average FPS and consumes about 20 watt less in Assassin's Creed Mirage ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 6:04
7800X 3D is dominating in Cyberpunk 2077 ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 7:11
19% behind the x3d in Valorant ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 7:41
a little bit of a trade-off though in full core workloads the 9700x takes a clock speed hit when compared to the 7700x ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 4:07
the more we got beyond two cores and four hardware threads the more we started to see performance plateau ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 6:25
7800X 3D is 18% faster on average FPS in Remnant 2 ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 5:27
against the 7800 X3 it isn't even close in most situations even at the higher resolution 3D vcash makes a world of difference ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 6:27
isn't all that exciting it's slightly better than the 7700x with just a 10% performance bump in some cases ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 10:38
very incremental performance Improvement it isn't anything spectacular and certainly not something that is going to make anybody with a 7,000 series chip consider these new CP ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 4:49
9700x might slightly lag or match the 7700x in performance ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 4:40
very underwhelming you could say weak even in Starfield allowing for just 102 fps to be rendered opposed to 111 FPS for the 7700 making the zen4 part 9% faster ▶ "AMD Zen 5 Performance Improvement Update" Ryzen 7 9700X: 24 @ 7:30
sadly that wasn't the case and typically ourselves and other media Outlets saw less than a 4.5% uplift in performance ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 0:20
already don't look all that great ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 2:25
not much to get excited about here ▶ "AMD Zen 5 Performance Improvement Update" Ryzen 7 9700X: 24 @ 11:48
it's not enough to outpace the 7700x ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 8:33
getting less than 10% performance increase uh maybe we could call it 7% at the same power levels ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 12:03
the problem and one of the reasons why game mode in ryzen master just turns off one of the ccds is doesn't even allow parking it just says don't exist there's no chance of anything ever getting handed off there um because they know that today they're still dealing with some latency stuff between the ccds ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 6:40
AMD made an error when they configured it at the factory ▶ Should You Buy a Ryzen 7 9700X or 7800X3D? @ 15:59
the synthetics actually saw some differences but gaming for the most part didn't ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 12:12
it needed more time for the 9700x to stand out ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 8:23
performance generationally is maybe a 5% gaming jump and a lot of testing is actually showing even lower than that and in certain games there's actually performance regression ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 10:16
it's not faster relative to Zen 4 ▶ "AMD Zen 5 Performance Improvement Update" Ryzen 7 9700X: 24 @ 9:55
the 9700x that was configured very poorly at the factory by AMD ▶ Should You Buy a Ryzen 7 9700X or 7800X3D? @ 1:53
there's been some reports of big boost in performance but there's also been lots of reports of very minimal improvements especially in game and that is what I saw here ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 5:17
9700x struggles barely beating the 7700x ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 10:03
disappointing given all the talk about improved Zen 5 performance ▶ "AMD Zen 5 Performance Improvement Update" Ryzen 7 9700X: 24 @ 9:00
massive performance gains are just not there ▶ AMD Ryzen 9600X/9700X - Zen 5 Reviews Controversy! @ 0:48
the 9700x is delivering 7700 7700x light performance ▶ "AMD Zen 5 Performance Improvement Update" Ryzen 7 9700X: 24 @ 7:46
the 9700x was a huge disappointment in gaming ▶ Should You Buy a Ryzen 7 9700X or 7800X3D? @ 1:11
I actually saw a dropping performance... smt seems to hinder performance ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 3:46
this data is an outlier and it isn't really seen in any other games ▶ "AMD Zen 5 Performance Improvement Update" Ryzen 7 9700X: 24 @ 6:17
not the upgrade that a lot of people were hoping for ▶ AMD Ryzen 9600X/9700X - Zen 5 Reviews Controversy! @ 5:09
still behind the 7800 XD ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 1:04
the 5800 XD is now out ahead of the 9700x ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 2:51
still pretty substantially behind the 7800 X 3D ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 1:41
it's nothing magical really like it it's not a noticeable performance improvement ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 5:57
in representative gaming and compute workloads it's often like a single digit percent sometimes low single digits uh relative to the 7700x sometimes it's actually a performance regression ▶ AMD Ryzen 9600X/9700X - Zen 5 Reviews Controversy! @ 5:28

Value for Money (29)

back panel of this case isn't the most premium piece of metal that I've ever touched in my life ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 8:27
memory was a let down. It felt like a bit of a copout when compared to the rest of the specs ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 14:53
an upgrade to it would still cost a lot more than simply jumping onto a 5800 X 3D ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 1:06
The CPU's price is high, not allowing for a high performance per price ratio in either the “All CPU Tests” chart or the Gaming chart. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 12:54
9700 X launched with a $360 price tag which put it 24% more expensive than the current pricing of the ryzen 77700 X ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 0:07
not thrilling AMD missed a chance to wow us and the 9700 X doesn't stand out enough to be worth the price ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 11:06
expensive, €50 more than the X3D and over €100 more than the 7700x ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 8:57
kind of feels like this was the cheapest option that they could stick in there that had RGB ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 2:45
Norton antivirus installed. If this were my PC, uninstalling Norton would be the first thing I would do ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 8:53
not the most competitively priced system ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 15:10
9700x is a bit underwhelming and isn't worth the money even with the new found extra performance of 1 to 2% through Precision boost overdrive ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 15:45
it doesn't stand out as much as expected especially compared to cheaper AMD options ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 9:27
bit on the expensive side ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 13:43
the 9700x definitely doesn't make a compelling argument for itself ▶ From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested @ 7:04
The difference between the 7800X3D and this processor is vast, and it costs less than 20 dollars more. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 12:43
most people aren't exactly lining up to swap out their Zen 4 am5 processors for one of these new Chips ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 0:45
costs a lot more ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 12:12
extremely bad value ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 15:19
you would walk away thinking this chip was simply not worth buying ▶ Should You Buy a Ryzen 7 9700X or 7800X3D? @ 1:05
other CPUs are better value for money ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 15:54
increase to the MSRP when compared against the previous uh 65 watt part and the loss of a box cooler ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 15:04
a lot of people are calling into question the value of the product against discounted Ryon 7,000 ▶ AMD Ryzen 9600X/9700X - Zen 5 Reviews Controversy! @ 0:53
worse value this is a $50 increase over the previous generation generation 65 watt part ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 8:52
if you've got a 7800 x3d then this is not going to be something you're considering really ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 1:51
adding $30 to the MSRP ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 5:05
names can literally be anything names are almost meaningless ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 4:16
the major problem is that the 7800x 3D exists ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 2:20
if you're a 7700x user currently there's no reason why you would choose the 9700x over the 7800x ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 2:25
7800 3D Parts always eat their lunch uh they drink their milkshake like there's almost no reason for these CPUs to be there ▶ AMD Ryzen 9600X/9700X - Zen 5 Reviews Controversy! @ 3:16

Power Consumption (13)

idle at a higher wattage than Intel's 14 gen CPUs ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 2:24
power draw shoots up to 157 Watts ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 6:55
88 watts is much higher than 65 Watts TDP ▶ The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build @ 3:39
This is still too low compared to Intel's results, of course, but this CPU is supposed to have a 65W TPD. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 8:06
only gaining about 5% performance at that wattage ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 17:19
The energy usage is relatively low in multiple-threads, but I would like it to be even lower in single-threaded ones. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 8:43
Although AMD talks about way lower power consumption and only 65W TDP, I didn't see that during my tests. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 13:29
40 watt more power draw for up to 10% more power so that shows you actually how much of a diminished return there is on increasing the power ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 1:25
cost you in both power draw and temperatures ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 12:44
nothing spectacular and a sacrifice of more heat and more power being used ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 14:01
it kind of sucks because as we're preparing for new CPU launches it means we have to rerun all these tests again and we have to run them again with 5 watt mode ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 4:00
70% more power draw to get this more performance ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 12:22
doubling the power ▶ AMD Ryzen 9600X/9700X - Zen 5 Reviews Controversy! @ 6:07

Compatibility (10)

CL timing on this memory is 40. That's not the greatest of speed or timings there. 6,000 mega transfers and CL timing in the region of the low30s would have been nice to see. ▶ All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt @ 2:35
Unfortunately, the Powenetics software couldn't read any CPU sensor information except core load, so I couldn't extract all the data I wanted. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 9:19
The fact that they were already running these tests in admin mode is crazy because of the fact no one should ever run the admin mode as a as a full-time account it is not intended for that purpose at all the last thing you want to do is give any program whatsoever running in Windows full unfettered access to everything in your system system that's bad ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 5:41
Speaking of the new chipsets, it is weird that AMD didn't announce them at the same time as the Ryzen 9000 series. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 15:26
officially only supports up to 5600MHz memory speed, but AMD requested testing with 6000MHz ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 2:01
another blunder from AMD that they didn't work with Microsoft before the launch to ensure that this was available from day one ▶ Should You Buy a Ryzen 7 9700X or 7800X3D? @ 4:33
it does highlight the finicky nature of these new CPUs when it comes to compatibility ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 3:39
Zen 5 CPUs have been a bit finicky ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 2:15
memory capability issues also crop in pointing to potential CPU problems ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 10:45
7600 MHz memory only made about 1.5% difference across all the benchmarks ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 14:40

Overclocking Potential (8)

unlocking PBO doesn't have much impact in games ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 11:50
small performance decrease in Counter-Strike 2 with PBO unlocked ▶ Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! @ 12:09
Using the Ryzen Master Curve Optimizer function, I encountered many system freezes and hangs. AMD should look into this. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 9:45
PBO does something but not much ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 16:36
PBO really isn't worth it in games at least on this chip ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 14:54
Moreover, I had trouble overclocking this processor to get better performance, which is the purpose of overclocking! This might be an effect of an immature BIOS. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 15:04
most new people almost nobody is going to go into their bios being new to PC and look to turn this mode on they're going to be sitting there with lesser than Optimal Performance that's capable by them just not knowing about it ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 13:00
Precision boost overdrive although a function that is very simple to just toggle on and off in both bios and in ryzen master is a warranty voiding function ▶ AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Bac @ 10:16

Cooling Requirements (8)

well it's not entirely free the CPU temperature underload went from around 70° to 91° and this is with a decent air cooler ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X AliExpress Edition Review: is it a scam? ( @ 3:03
losing a stock cooler ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 5:55
if you bought a smaller cooler thinking that it would be enough to keep a 65 wat CPU cool your CPU might end up getting thermally throttled in this mode ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X AliExpress Edition Review: is it a scam? ( @ 3:17
losing that boxed cooler ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 9:03
still lose the boxed cooler ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 17:17
losing the Box cooler ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 12:15
losing the boxed cooler when compared against the non-x parts ▶ Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X @ 13:48
pushing up in the late 80° C range when doing very heavy blender test and some of the very heavy multicore testing ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 @ 12:30

Gaming Performance (6)

starfields performance on amd's new ryzen 79700 X is underwhelming, matching or sometimes falling behind the 7700x ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 8:17
I expected higher gaming performance. ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power @ 12:41
7800 x3d is still the king of CPUs for star ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 7:15
the 9700x is nowhere near the 7800x 3D which is still the gaming Champion ▶ AMD Ryzen 9600X/9700X - Zen 5 Reviews Controversy! @ 1:00
7700 X is actually a few FPS behind probably more than in a lot of games ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 1:28
I wouldn't recommend anybody does for star ▶ Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review @ 7:00

Reliability & Longevity (2)

stability became an issue ▶ Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need @ 3:09
the launch of the new AMD ryzen 9000 Series chips did not go well ▶ Should You Buy a Ryzen 7 9700X or 7800X3D? @ 0:57

Core Count & Speed (1)

the single core performance does suffer somewhat but only by less than 1% ▶ Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! @ 6:50

Review sources

Very Efficient Ryzen 7 9700X Held Back by Power Limits! by der8auer EN — 15 pros, 15 cons
Ryzen 7 9700x The Last Cpu You’ll Ever Need by Tech DFS — 13 pros, 15 cons
All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt! by KitGuruTech — 17 pros, 7 cons
AMD Ryzen 7 9700x CPU Review: Performance, Thermals & Power Analysis by Hardware Busters — 14 pros, 10 cons
The Power of the Ryzen 7 9700x Review & Build by Robeytech — 18 pros, 5 cons
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocking Review with 8PACK 💪 by Overclockers UK — 19 pros, 4 cons
iBUYPOWER Slate 8 MESH Gaming PC Review | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X | AMD Radeon RX 7800XT | SMA7R78XT02 by GG Tech Reviews — 22 pros, 0 cons
Was I Wrong? - AMD Ryzen 9700X Re-Review! by eTeknix — 11 pros, 9 cons
From Ryzen 7 3800X to 9700X - 16 Games Tested by Hardware Canucks — 10 pros, 9 cons
Star Citizen's New CPU King? | 9700X Review by tenpoundfortytwo — 6 pros, 12 cons
Am I crazy? Ryzen 9600X and 9700X by Daniel Owen — 2 pros, 15 cons
AMD Updating 9000 Series CPUs in response to Performance Backlash by JayzTwoCents — 10 pros, 6 cons
"AMD Zen 5 Performance Improvement Update" Ryzen 7 9700X: 24H2 Update, AGESA 1.2.0.2, Price Cuts! by Hardware Unboxed — 7 pros, 7 cons
Should You Buy a Ryzen 7 9700X or 7800X3D? by Blackbird PC Tech — 7 pros, 6 cons
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X AliExpress Edition Review: is it a scam? (65W and 105W TDP tests) by WhatNow? — 9 pros, 3 cons
AMD Ryzen 9600X/9700X - Zen 5 Reviews Controversy! by DF Clips — 5 pros, 7 cons
The Best Motherboards for the Ryzen 7 9700X For 2025! [TOP 3] by BC Zone — 4 pros, 0 cons

Frequently asked questions

Is the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X worth buying?

Based on 17 independent YouTube reviews, the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X scores 3.4/5 with 189 positive and 130 negative points mentioned by reviewers, placing it #40 in the CPUs category.

What do reviewers like most about the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X?

The most praised aspects are performance, power consumption, other — Performance (41 mentions), Power Consumption (34 mentions), Other (31 mentions).

What are the most common complaints about the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X?

Reviewers most frequently criticize performance, value for money — Performance (53 mentions), Value for Money (29 mentions).

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